Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are upon us. Well, almost. First we have to get through the rest of the end-of-school-year madness. College kids are out for the summer (unless they're sticking around for those sweet summer semesters) and the regular school year is wrapping up. That means graduation parties, end of school year parties, and the first dips in the pool are ahead. If you've got a second to catch your breath between all of that, you know that Denton's always got plenty to do. Read on for our favorite events for this weekend!
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DEN10: MARCH 1, 2017
The weather is warming up, and the town is sure to be a bustling as we enter March. Enjoy the many First Friday events around town, grab a beer while you peruse the shops around downtown, and enjoy the general feeling of goodness that comes with the first rays of spring.
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DEN10: NOVEMBER 4, 2016
As the Halloween stash of Snickers and Skittles starts to dwindle, we're looking ahead to what should be fall. If only our forecast would get the memo. Either way, there is a ton and a half to do this weekend. (Okay, maybe stash the last of the Starburst in your bag, because you'll need a midday sugar rush to get through it all.) Read on for the 10 things that should make it onto your calendars.
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THE DEN10: MARCH 23
Daylight savings time is a big slap in the face to anyone who can count the number of actual hours of daylight we’ve got. At any rate, now you’ve got “more time” to get in awesome pictures of a sunset over the square or your smoothie. Trust us, we love it all. Hashtag #WDDI and all that jazz.
If you have events, questions or just want to talk about zany politics shoot Glen Farris an email at glen@wedentondoit.com.
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: SEPTEMBER 8th 2014
What We Did is our version of the water cooler talk. We can talk about the weather or sports or whatever else happened over the weekend. So...howsabout that nice tease of fall weather on Sunday, y'all? Pretty nice huh? Plus that Mean Green win, too? Not a bad weekend at all if you ask us.
Below is our Monday morning collection of photos from WDDI readers and contributors over the past seven days. If you'd like to have an image included, tag your photos with #WDDI on Instagram and we'll include our favorites next Monday. Click the photo to be led back to that photographer's Instagram account. Have a great week!
Friday Stonehill Center (the old antique mall area at the "other" side of Loop 288) had a little celebration with free margaritas and free bounce houses.
Birthday beer and pizza looks like an awesome way to spend those b-day calories. Tasty choice, @jesskachav!
@jinniprrr says safety first y'all. Always best to wear a helmet when your bike has some sort of shining supernova exploding on the front.
@christianblues made a stop at our favorite place to grab a root beer float. Who doesn't love Mr. Frosty's?
@christianblues apparently also found a dilapidated old chair. Cool.
@nemergut et co are ready to root for the Mean Green! Caaaa!
@thepaigels made it to Rubber Gloves Free Week. Did you?
Stonehill Center Celebration
Here are some pics from Friday's Stonehill Center Celebration. Horny Toad had free margaritas, our buds at Rose Costumes were there and Matthew Sallack (whom we covered last week) had a booth, too. Oh, and a bearded guy walked on shards of glass while juggling and hammered a nail into his nose...so that was cool.
Chinaski the Fury at Rubber Gloves Free Week.
We hope you enjoyed Free Week at RGRS as much as the great guys at @panector did! Nice poster, bros.
@denton_social_runners teamed up and ran 160 strong last week at Oak St. Drafthouse.
@otoole824 ready to run the Beer, Guts N' Glory run!
Will King by @fussbudgets.
@dimehandmade sipped sangria and got all awesomely nostalgic with coloring pages at First Friday.
DONUT PICTURES
As y'all already know, Hynotic Donuts and Cultivar Coffee Bar opened last Wednesday. We've seen a flood of great pics of both since they opened their doors. Below are some of our favs.
@MelissaLaree, some sweet shades, and a windswept selfie.
@mollythevaldez finds the upsides to living next to the tracks.
INVISIBLE TACO PICTURE:
THE DEN10: SEPTEMBER 3
It’s never an easy slide into the hecticness of the fall semester, it’s a toss into the fire. As these events come along and you feel like you've got something that we should highlight, make sure to email us info and a link to your event by Tuesday since we post our listings for Wednesday - Tuesday. We only list 10 items so you’re not guaranteed a spot but we love to know everything that’s going on in the 76201 (Editor's Note: What about 76207, you square-ist?). Also remember to #WDDI all your pics you want us to check out for our What We Did post on Monday. People love hashtags.
Email questions or hot tips to glen@wedentondoit.com
Wednesday, September 3rd
FREE WEEK: Clear Acid / Power Objects / Problem DOGG / Fun Button | Rubber Gloves | 9PM | FREE
The week that is when everything in Denton is free continues with this eclectic lineup.
Thursday, September 4th
Boulez Campbell Soup Hour | Andy’s Bar | 8PM | $3
A new, new-music night at Andy’s looks interesting, carefully curated and worth checking out.
Friday, September 5th
Stonehill Center Celebration | Stonehill Center Merchants | 5PM
Live music, free drinks and unique shopping experiences are promised at the “Square off The Square” which is that interesting little plot of shops north of town on 288 that looks like it may have been an outlet mall at some point, but currently features Rose Costumes, the Horny Toad Cafe and much more.
Queen Tribute featuring Ginny Mac & Queen For A Day | Dan’s Silver Leaf | 8PM | $10
It’s Freddy Mercury’s birthday and all proceeds will go to Giving Hope, Inc.
Mooney Manor VI: Part 2: Animal Spirit / Class Action / Panic Volcanic / West & The Grooves | Mooney Manor | 8PM
The exciting second half of what was part six in a string of possibly never-ending house shows brought to you by Mooney Manor.
Pan Ector Presents: Burnt Skull / War Party / Chinaski, The Fury / Jungle Ruckus | Rubber Gloves | 8PM
Coloring + Carousing: First Friday | DIME Store | 6PM
People love to color! Go and color some awesome locally made art work, but make sure to stay in the lines, y'all.
Song & Story: Sydney Wright / (carucvana) / Ellie Meyer | Richard Gilbert | Banter | 8PM
Saturday, September 6th
UNT vs SMU | Apogee Stadium | 11AM
It’s an early season home opener but it will be nice to be able to celebrate our win over the mustangs for the rest of Saturday.
Tuesday, September 9th
Chimpanzee Book Release Party | Dan’s Silver Leaf | 8PM
Special musical performances by Spitfire Tumbleweeds and the Nice-Up Crew plus a staged performance from the Chimpanzee audio-play will round out this opportunity to pick up the latest release from local author, Darin Bradley.
WHAT WE DID: SEPTEMBER 2nd 2014
It's the Tuesday after Labor Day so we hope y'all aren't wearing white this morning. That was an eventful seven days of fun, wasn't it? It's still going strong, too. Great photos yet again this week, everybody. How could they not be, though, when you had so many awesome things to take photos of. East Side turned 1, Hypnotic previewed some donuts, and 35 Denton woke from it's slumber at Hailey's. Lots of fun stuff going on this week, too. Check tomorrow's Den10 to find out what.
Until then, remember to tag your images with #WDDI to be included in our weekly What We Did column, check out the images below and click on them to be led back to the photographer's Instagram account, and make some new friends. Have a great week, everybody!
The Raised Right Men played East Side's 1 year anniversary party. Country covers plus fun beers is always a good time in our book.
Denton Design Co. at the Community Market on Saturday.
The Pastrana's opened up their webstore last week. Check it out here.
@cassiearnoldart prefers Lowe's to Home Depot. I guess because you can apparently buy babies there.
Landscapes and VSCO.
Y'all ever checked out the rare books section at Recycled?
What's your favorite mini-mall find? It's just like Flea Market Montgomery.
EAST SIDE 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Y'all made it out in droves for East Side's 1st anniversary, and why wouldn't you with all of the awesome beer, live music, food trucks, and more that were set up there?
Threadwell is back and so is instant film.
Glen busted this back out because Doug Burr told him to.
Oaktopia is soooooooon.
The last weekend of the water park came and went, but it went out in style.
VoltRevolt at AV Avant's Back To School Birthday Bash and 35 Denton Presale Party.
Black James Franco at AV Avant's Back To School Birthday Bash and 35 Denton Presale Party.
The Mink Coats at AV Avant's Back To School Birthday Bash and 35 Denton Presale Party.
Hypnotic Donuts and Cultivar Coffee had a soft opening. More on that later.
@michagb86 got poutine, but they, "didn't have any" when we asked.
More of this in another soon-to-come post.
WHAT WE DID: AUGUST 4th 2014
This weekend was one for the books. Late nights full of drinks, oysters with friends, beignets and lattes midday, free coffee pour-overs by Cultivar Coffee at our favorite used book store, and generally trying to enjoy every ounce of less than 95 degree weather while it lasted (oh, and other non-food stuff, too). According to your pictures, y'all had some fun this weekend, too.
As always, thanks for sharing your weekend with us and keep on tagging those 'grams with #wddi! Click on the photos, themselves, to be linked back to the photographer's Instagram account.
Soft pillows of beignet goodness at Hoochie's have our mouths watering day and night. Thank goodness they're available first thing in the morning and late into the evening.
Tongue tattoos at the Denton Tattoo Co we think. More power to ya.
Texas summer sky.
@itshannahgambleyall enjoyed some of that polar vortex awesome weather on the new patio of Wine Squared. Which took away one of our favorite photo backdrops, but it's okay because the patio is awesome.
@ianharber shot a wedding in one of the most beautiful chapels in town, the Little Chapel in the Woods designed by architect O'Neil Ford.
Wall of awesome old school cameras at Denton Camera Exchange. Film anyone? Thankfully @itshannahgambleyall found her way to Denton Camera Exchange so that she can get click happy. We have to limit the amount of time we spend in the store or we buy too many things.
Apparently there was a fancy photo shoot at Paschall's last week. We're sure the pics were all as awesome as this action shot. Thanks for sharing @alph0nso!
The Forge was packed with the future documentary filmmakers at a workshop featuring Joshua Butler of the Thin Line documentary fest at @thedentonpubliclibrary. Workshop for the win.
K9 kayak companion! Now that's what man's best friend is for. Thanks for the pic @joshpiers.
HBSS on stage. Snapped by @apacheroseaeroplane.
Check out those summer sunset vibes on the square. Spotted by @ianharber.
Root beer and burger stop! @jdunccc
Did you make it out to DIME's First Friday lemonade stand-off? We sure did, and really enjoyed the local handmade awesomeness, building a succulent and the tasty lemonade. Which was your favorite?
Everyone admires the brewers behind Armadillo Ale Works - even @schrader_adam!
Texas forever, y'all. @sarahlanette.
Queenie's brunch donuts, covered in salted caramel. They come in a brown paper bag for shaking which immediately turns translucent by way of delicious grease.
More mimosas please! We dig the fancy pants, pulpy brunch staple at Queenie's brunch which comes complimentary.
Can't wait for our friends at Cultivar Coffee to get into their new space. In the mean time their Saturday morning pours at Recycled are getting us pumped up for their opening with Hypnotic Donuts in about two weeks. Hope to have more info on that soon!
@wekeepexploring explored the rooftops in our city with their iconic signage.
WHAT WE DID: JUNE 9TH 2014
Will Milne and Alyssa Stevenson
It's Monday and we've all posted a lot of photos in the past seven days. Heck, there was a lot of stuff to do in Denton last week. We checked out lots of what was going on and you guys checked out the rest. Collectively, we got most of it covered. Check out photos from the week that was below and, as always, tag those grams and tweets with #wddi to see them here weekly in our round up of local pics!
Collage does summer right with pool parties.
@divagirlellie snapped a shot of the Denton Square with a beautiful Texas sky in true Dentonite fashion.
Last wednesday was National Runner's Day. The weekly Social Run at Oak St. Draft House and Cocktail Parlour was rightfully packed.
Oh the things you can make with local beer... Brunch Money ice cream FTW.
Just beet it. If you're @jadewintersee and friends you know how to harvest the tasty root veggies in your own backyard.
@alexsparks likes to to do a little light reading over lunch. Bible verses plus temporary tattoos - why didn't someone think of this sooner?
Time to learn all about arduino with the Denton Public Library! A little educational fun.
How about modeling your favorite reading poses? There is a snazzy summer reading photo booth set up at all of the public libraries in town this summer.
Twilight Tunes
Twilight Tunes is a Denton summer institution. If you have a child under the age of 12, you're probably on the Denton square every Thursday evening, taking in some live music and trying not to get stepped on by little ones. Here are a few photos from last week's show.
@mbryceo had a tasty vegan bowl at The Bowllery, one of our favorite healthy eating spots.
How about a little mango raspberry cupcake for your summer soiree? Cupcakes and photo by @whitedaisybakery.
@b_meyerdirk made sure to catch all of the tunes at the Chambers album release this weekend.
Biographies tees to keep you looking local - made by the one and only @sundayprintshop.
Just a couple of kiddos and one spectacular local mom keeping cool at Yogurt Fusion which hosted an end of the school year party/fundraiser for the Denton Splash Park and managed to raise lots of money!
@glenfarris is loving his @bellandoak wallet as it ages on.
@phototerminus is a cthulhu worshipper. WHAT'S IN THE BOX, MICHAEL?!?
@wildflowerart hosted an adult art camp.
How about that view? Photo by @thebrainybabe.
@kaceydoesstuff takes on the country side for a scenic ride. Although, we're pretty sure 'gramming while driving will get you that "texting and driving" ticket all the same. Maybe he was out of city limits, though...
Local peaches get used in the awesome drinks at Mulberry St. Cantina.
@archerplushare is a gem of a jewelry artist. Check out her summer specials!
@shainasheaffphoto grabbed some veggie tacos at Cafe Brazil.
@melissalaree took photos featuring @bellandoak and @pastranastudio - a few super quality Denton makers.
Texas sunsets on Texas wildflowers - summer is officially here. Photo by Shaina Sheaff.